The US Congress has certified Donald Trump’s presidential victory despite objections by Democratic lawmakers.
Lawmakers from the both chambers of Congress convened on Friday to formally count the Electoral College votes of Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
With Vice President Joe Biden presiding over the proceedings, the new Congress confirmed the results of the Electoral College’s 304-227 vote in favor of Trump, officially declaring the property developer as the 45th American president.
The otherwise routine session to tally the electoral votes was time and again interrupted by Democratic lawmakers who raised numerous objections during the process.
However, since most of the objections were not endorsed by a member of both the House and Senate as required by the law, Biden ruled them out.
Representative Jim McGovern, for example, raised the first objection to Trump’s victory by bringing up the alleged Russian meddling in the vote as…